This beautiful tale of love and survival in the Holocaust had me hooked from the very first line: She buys shoelaces for a pair of men’s shoes – such a trivial purchase. The last four words suggest, of course, that it will prove to be anything but trivial, and this proves to be the case as Izolda meets her husband Shayek while stopping at her friend’s house to thread the new laces. It starts a pattern which continues throughout the book, of apparently trivial decisions having major consequences. The trouble is,… Read More
Choices and consequences: Chasing the King of Hearts by Hanna Krall
